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Letters Potent No. 107 ,043, dated September 6, 187i).

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, SAMUEL H. HARRIS, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Frames of Safe Cases'for Papers, of which the. following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which furnis a part thereof'.

The Object and Nal-ure of thcIm-fcnt'ion.

The object of my invention consists in making a cheap, simple, iron frame of safe case for papers; and

The nature of my invention consists in making the frame of case of the various parts fastened together as hereafter fully described.

Description of the Drawing.

' Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my case;

Figure 2, a vertical sectional riew at the line xa', fig. 1; andl g Figure 3, a transverse vertical sectional view at the line y y, g. 1.

General Description..

`A represents the upright pieces of the frame ot' the case, and

B, the cross-pieces.

- These pieces, in' the front of the 4case only, extend Vfrom. one upright piece A to another, as itis desirable to make them flush with each other, in order to give y a decent nish to the case.

. C are crosspieces, extending from front to Arear of the case.

The ends of these .pieces are turned over, forming a square shoulder, and are riveted to the pieces A and `B, as shown at D.

The pieces A and B, in the front part of the case, are held together by the bolts Aat D, but at the back part of the case the pieces B may'pass by the pieces A, since an even, smoothl inish is not so necessary there, and the rivets may pass through all three of their pieces at their j unction.V

' The pieces C, it will be observed, are wide enough to form a rest or support for the pigeon-hole boxes, and they may even iill the entire space beneath the bottom of the boxes,l but I do not deem it necessary, since they are sucently strong and durable when they are made only wide enough to make a rest for the boxes, as shown.

F are sheet-metal strips, with their edges turned up, as shown, to form guides for the pigen-hole boxes that contain the papers; these strips are simply scoured to the pieces C to hold them in place. They are light, and at the same time sufh'ciently strong and durable for the purposes intended.

C' lat'm.

Witnesses f L. L. Comms, W. BnUNs. 

